Improvement in inkstands



G. A. WILBUR mxsmm,

No. 173,197. Patented Feb. 8,1876.

%7"hesses NPHERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C .UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE GREENLEAF A. WILBUB, or SKOWHEGAN, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN INKSTANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,197, dated February 8, 1876; application filed October '7, 1875. Y

operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a' perspective view; Fig. 2, a view of the trencher, and Fig. 3 a view of the twisted post.

'In Fig. 1, a represents the foot; b, the bot He; 0, the collar, d, the stop; e, the spring;

f, the flange; n, the neck; 1), the twisted post; 1, the ridge; s, the stop; and T, the trencher.

In Fig. 2, 9 refers to the groove.

The same letters indicate the same parts in the diflerent figures.

The nature of my invention consistsin applying a trencher to an inkstand'i'n such a manner that theworking of the trencher wiil open and shut the inkstand.

I make a flat post with a pivot at each end, and twist it from right to left about half-way around, and at a distance from its lower end a littie greater than the depth of the flange f.

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1 form the foot or for the notched end of the trencher to rest upon when down. I attach the twisted post to the neck a by means of the collar 0 and the step s. On the. right side'of the step I turn up a flan ge, f, as deep as I wish to raise the cover before swinging it from the neck. I make the cover with a projection, .01, dropping down from the right edge of the cover,

' to prevent its momentum from carrying it too far when returning to its place over the neck,

trencher T with a notch in the end next to the neck a, to slide up and down upon the twisted post and rotate it, and form a groove. 9, run- ,ning from right to left upon the under side.

Iplace the notch astride the twisted post,and

perch the groove upon the ridge. I then draw the notched end of the trencher down upon the foot or by means of the spring 0, I fix to the inside of the neck, alittle to the left of the post, a wire of less curvature than the neck, and aboutan inch in length, for the purpose of wiping the superfluous ink from the pen a it is being withdrawn from the neck. I To operate this my device, rest the hand that holds the pen upon the free edge of the trencher. This raises the notched end and twisted post until the bottom of the post clears the flange, and then rotatesit, thus lifting the cover from the neck n and then swinging it off. On filling and wiping my pen I remove my hand from the trencher, when the reverse action takes place, and the spring 6 hugs the cover closely upon the neck again.

What I claim as my invention, and desire The combination of a trencher or lever, T, a spring, 0, a twisted post, p,'and a cover, a, substantially as and for the purpose'set forth and described.

GREENLEAF A. WIL'BUR.

Witnesses v I I MARTIN D. WARD,

COLUMBIA F. WARD. 

